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View synonyms for strictly

strictly

[ strikt-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a strict manner; rigorously; stringently:

    strictly enforced.

  2. precisely or candidly; factually:

    strictly speaking.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of strictly1

First recorded in 1480–90; strict + -ly

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Example Sentences

Traditionally, the community has eschewed visitors and strangers to their towns, and strictly forbade outside marriage.

The dinner is strictly private, and just 30 senior financiers have been invited.

Read too strictly, this would exclude highly inventive works of science fiction and fantasy because they lack realism.

The second question was about viewing the world in strictly black-and-white (or red-and-blue) terms.

But this is strictly a business case, her Atlanta lawyer, John Da Grosa Smith, told The Daily Beast.

To give him a party name, he became an anti-clerical, strictly in a political and lawful sense.

Monotheism is strictly inconsistent with the supremacy of “merits” which is the very soul of Oriental religion.

The relief that I find is for your Majesty to be pleased to order strictly that the regulations made in regard to it be obeyed.

He was also very popular with all the people because he was always strictly honest and just in all his dealings with them.

For the next three weeks Black Sheep was strictly allowed to do nothing.

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